Professional Affiliation

Associate Research Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University

Expert Bio

Sufian N. Zhemukhov is Associate Research Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University. His research interests include ethnic politics, nationalism, and religion. His book, Mass Religious Ritual and Intergroup Tolerance: The Muslim Pilgrims’ Paradox (Cambridge University Press, 2017; co-author Mikhail Alexseev), received the 2019 Best Book Award in Religion and International Relations by International Studies Association and an Honorable Mention for the 2018 Harriman Rothschild Book Prize by Association for the Study of Nationalities.

Wilson Center Project

The Caucasus Region in American Historiography

Project Summary

The aim of the project is to conduct research and write two books about Caucasus studies by American historians and writers. There persists a big gap between Caucasus studies in America and Russia. American views on the Caucasian history are almost entirely unknown to specialists in Russia.